Books about chronic pain: back and disc pain, migraines, foot pain and pain that does not go away. Most are written by physicians, physical therapists and practitioners who treat pain every day, and a few by people who lived with it for years.
This list holds 11 books published between 2018 and 2024, 2 with an audiobook edition. A book is on it only when chronic pain is a central subject of the book, judged from the book's own description, not when it comes up in passing. The most-rated on Amazon come first.
How Psychedelics Made My Life Worth Living
Alex Abraham · 2024 · Audiobook
Forget everything you think you know about psychedelics. They’re not punchlines. They’re not party favors for aging hippies. Instead, as Alex Abraham discovered, they are an innovative approach that can help heal trauma and chronic pain. Trauma and Ecstasy…
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Colin Dombroski
The burning. The sore heel. The pain of those first morning steps. When you suffer from plantar fasciitis, even the simplest tasks can seem unbearable, and the treatment can often feel as frustrating as the ailment itself. However, treating plantar fasciitis…
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Michael Hasz · 2021
Millions of people every year experience back pain. In the past, major surgery was often their only recourse. But today, for 80 to 90 percent of back pain sufferers, long-term relief no longer has to involve complicated medical procedures, extended hospital…
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Garrett Salpeter · 2021
Humans are resilient. In fact, we’re built to endure trauma. Whether facing chronic pain, invasive surgery, or debilitating injury, we’re capable of healing, repairing, and adapting to return even stronger. But sometimes the road to recovery feels like a…
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A Holistic and Little-Known Method For Living a Headache-Free Life
Dr. Grant Dennis · 2020
If you suffer from chronic headaches and migraines, you’re resilient. Even when conventional treatments provide little relief, and despite the constant threat of unspeakable pain, you persevere. After all, you’ve had no choice, until now. Upper Cervical…
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Chuck Duff · 2022
Doctors and therapists erroneously view pain as the result of injury or disease. Renowned bodywork teacher and pain therapist Chuck Duff discovered that the ineffectiveness of these beliefs stems from a failure to understand the true origins of pain. His…
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Brendon Lundberg · 2018
Our understanding of pain has improved significantly in recent years, but our treatment of it, for the most part, has not. While numerous influences, from industry leverage to limited education, have restricted the dissemination of new findings and brought…
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Trevor Campbell · 2019
For people dealing with chronic pain, just getting through the day can be a trial. In many cases, your only treatment options are opioids and other analgesics and a puzzling choice of self-help options. But there's a way to reduce your suffering that isn't…
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Laurie Meinholz
Is your body starting to feel the wear and tear of life? Physical labor and repetitive movements can wear your body down if you don’t know how to take care of it. People will tell you that pain is inevitable. That it’s a part of getting older. That you need…
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Susan Klopfer · Audiobook
The burning. The sore heel. The pain of those first morning steps. When you suffer from plantar fasciitis, even the simplest tasks can seem unbearable, and the treatment can often feel as frustrating as the ailment itself. However, treating plantar fasciitis…
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Gregory Lutz · 2023
When you live with back pain, you live with equally unbearable side effects. Anxiety. Depression. Fatigue. Hopelessness. You’re fighting a daily battle impossible to articulate and difficult to see. The list of remedies has been short, unappealing, and…
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